Chapter 385 - Gigantomachia (10) (2/2)

However, when he felt the holy power that responded, he realized who Persephone had begun serving and what the rebellion of the Giants and titans were leading to

“It appears you did see I wasn’t entirely sure you had…I tried to hide it as best as I could but I suppose I was careless” She slowly approached him In her wake, the floor turned black with shadows, like ink staining paper

The color reminded Hades of hi the truth about Persephone, he had agonized for days If he let her be, Tartarus wouldn’t be the only place in danger The entire Underworld, including Erebus, would be at risk

The reason the Giants and titans had been locked up in Tartarus was to cut them off from Gaia However, if Persephone becaain, it would spell disaster not only for the Underworld but also stretch all the way to Olympus From that point, it would affect the heavenly world, and the entire ninety-eighth floor would be threatened by Gaia

The incident that Olympus and other transcendents had tried to stop would rise once more At that moment, he had understood that he needed to kill Persephone immediately It didn’t see, so it was still possible for him to do it However, he simply couldn’t do it His hand th to pull it out How could he kill his oife?

She had been forced to live as his wife all this ti hi he could do: repress the rebellion of the titans and Giants before Persephone could act If he could block the entrance to Tartarus, she wouldn’t be able to do anything

Afterhundreds of years pass by He failed and couldn’t even hang onto his holy territories, much less stamp out the rebellion When Typhon, another one of Gaia’s Apostles, consurew more influential than Hades

It was then that Hades’ ean to curdle and turn into cynicish he stalled for time Now that the connection to Olympus had been reinstated, Persephone had descended The moment that he had pushed back and wanted to avoid had arrived “You knew everything, and you didn’t tell anyone?” Persephone asked as she approached him It was the question whose answer had continued to elude her When Hades didn’t return, she knew that he’d learned of her secret However, he didn’t tell Olympus at all If he had, the rebellion wouldn’t have worsened to this point

“Because I loved you”

Persephone paused at his calh his voice had been quiet and coaze in his eyes were painfully familiar to her—it was the same one she’d seen the first time they’d met He hadn’t said e Before she could refuse, she’d practically been kidnapped and taken to the Underworld and forced to marry his but had been denied every ti of the Underworld They even said it was actually a better situation for her since Gods couldn’t enter a o of this resentment The bloom of her youth had been cut short, and she’d been abandoned in an unfamiliar place far fro he could to appease her, but nothing placated her indignation And now, they had reached this point The sacrifices and deaths of titans in Tartarus brought her more of Mother Earth’s power

Whoosh!+ The shadows rose and tightened around Hades Despite being at death’s door, Hades didn’t resist He left his fate in her hands He had forcibly taken away hers long ago, and noas her turn

“You fool” She softly whispered in his ear “Nothing will change even if you do that” A dagger suddenly popped out of Persephone’s hand and pierced Hades in the heart His blood began to stain the shadows, turning them red as they absorbed him

『The path is…finally open…』

『Ahh…Great Mother, your daughter…has opened the path of the queen…I shall…greet you soon…』

A multitude of eyes opened in the darkness Their owners, titans and Giants, tore through the shadows and poured out The Gigantoun

Meanwhile, somewhere far away, Yeon-woo’s eyes widened

Whoosh!+

“H around his neck shook, releasing a black light

Ding

[The conditions have beenof the Underworld]